Security Report

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Enugu state has said it has put all necessary measures in place to ensure a hitch-free Christmas and New Year celebrations in the state and its environs, pointing out that road users are guaranteed of safe and obstruction-free yuletide. Enugu State Sector Commander of …

  The Federal Government has warned that Boko Haram terrorists are planning another sensational abduction of pupils/students or foreigners in a desperate effort to raise funds, through ransom, for food, medical and arms supply. In a statement issued, Friday, in Abuja, through his Special Assistant, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister of …

Sokoto State police command has banned indefinitely all forms of processions by all religious groups across the 23 local government areas of the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesman of the state Police Command, El-Mustapha Sani, in Sokoto, Friday. “The action is to maintain law …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on all corporate organizations in the state to support the initiative of his administration boosting security to sustain the current status of the state as one of the safest in Nigeria. The governor in a speech when he took delivery of a …

RUTH DAVID, Bauchi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has warned officers and men of the service against abuse of hard drugs as well as receiving bribe taking or kick back through goods undervalued. The Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) who gave the warning in Bauchi while addressing officers of …

Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, Wednesday, indicated his resolve to create a new Unit, to be known as Procurement  Fraud Unit, PFU, with a view to strengthen the Commission’s efforts in fighting corruption. “I am so concerned about procurement fraud. I am thinking of establishing …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Tuesday, assured Lagosians of his determination to judiciously utilize the resources garnered from the people for the overall well-being of the State, just as he restated his commitment to ensure the security and safety of lives and property as well as sustain a friendly …

The Nigerian police has warned the general public on the existence of fraudsters promising recruitment into the force over social media networks like Facebook; even it said there was no recruitment exercise ongoing at the force. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the force, Acting ACP Olabisi Kolawole, …

ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri The 7-man Committee constituted by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state to investigate the alleged abduction of villagers during the Bam Buratai attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents has confirmed the incident. The committee is headed by the members representing Biu constituency at the state House of …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured 78 convictions in the 280 cases filed before the law courts in 2015. Making the disclosure at the International Anti-Corruption Day commemoration which held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, Wednesday, the Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu, further …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has formally filed various charges bordering on fraud and money laundering against a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd); former Sokoto Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa; and founder of the Daar Holdings Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Indications also …

Justice U.N Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Monday, granted bail to one Idowu Olanrewaju (a.k.a Henry Idobari, Eng. Henry, also trading under the name and style of Hillmat farms) and Joe Onwudimowei (a.k.a Capt. Anthony Saramoh) who are being prosecuted on a 22-count …

The Lagos State Government, Tuesday, reassured residents of the readiness of the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration to ensure the yuletide season is devoid of traffic gridlock and criminal activities across the metropolis. Briefing journalists at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa Secretariat, Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-governmental Relations, …

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the military has sufficiently degraded the capacity of Boko Haram to launch spectacular attacks while also retaking most of the territories seized by the terrorists. ”Winning the war against insurgency is about sufficiently degrading the insurgents’ capacity for action. This the …

The national executive of the umbrella body of manufacturers operating in the country, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended the Nigerian police for removing road-blocks across the country and replacing them with Safer Highway Patrols. A statement by Acting ACP Kolawole Olabisi, the Force Public Relations Officer, said …

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, has unveiled popular contemporary artiste, and member of musicv producer Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records, Korede Bello, as the first Nigerian Police Youth Ambassador. According to a statement by Acting ACP Kolawole Olabisi, the Force Public Relations Officer, the move comes as part …

ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has said that the Boko Haram insurgency will afford the government the opportunity to re-engineer the destroyed communities. The governor disclosed this when he received a delegation led by President International Humanitarian Committee Ambassador David Millband at the Government House Maiduguri, Monday. …

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna, Monday, December 7 dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday, arraigned the trio of Okewole Dayo (alias Okewole David Dayo), Bishop Katung Jones and Dadin Kowa Micro Finance Bank Limited before Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State on a 24-count charge bordering on conspiracy, money …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the prosecution of the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, following his alleged specific instructions for armed policemen to shoot at unarmed civilian pro-Biafra protesters in Onitsha Anambra State, last week. According to the group, this is one of …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Joshua Emeje, a staff of Access Bank Plc, for alleged forgery and impersonation. Emeje, who works in the Loan Recovery Unit of Access Bank in Jos, Plateau State, allegedly wrote a letter, on November 21, 2015, to one Patrick Dusur, …

NEDU MARK, Yenagoa Ahead of Saturday, December 5’s governorship election in Bayelsa state, security has been beefed up in the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital as well as its environs with the arrival of a large contingent of policemen deployed to the state by the Inspector General of Police …

The Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Task Force), SP Olubukola Abe has warned members of the public, particularly street urchins, against organising Christmas and New Year carnivals that could cause fracas in order not to undermine the security of lives and properties of Lagosians. SP Olubukola …

ABDULLAHI ISAH, Maiduguri Following Wednesday’s violence that led to the alleged burning of places of worship in the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State, the 19-member Northern Governors Forum, Thursday, approved undisclosed security measures with a view to averting spread of violence to the northern parts of the country. …